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To anyone interested in Body Piercing in South Africa, the continent of Africa, or any country that does not offer formalized Body Piercing or Body Modification Training Facilities or regulations for such.

I want to ask if you ever had a piercing that just never wanted to finish healing and still maybe gives problems? Or you had to retire the piercing eventually for the pain and discomfort just never let up even after months or years of waiting for it to heal? Have you ever had to consult a medical doctor because of a piercing site causing you pain and discomfort? Have you ever felt a piercer has ripped you off with the service offered and the price they charge for that service? Have you ever left a piercing room feeling you do not want to be pierced there? Have you ever realized while sitting in the piercing chair while waiting for that needle to approach, “oh my, this piercer doesn’t know what they are doing “ These scenarios make you wonder, don’t they?

Have you ever thought of turning your keen interest in Body Piercing into a line of income for yourself? Have you ever considered to start doing body piercing as it simply makes you feel excited, alive, and engaged?

Then, maybe you acted on the inspiration. If you are serious about acquiring a professional skill set to apply in a commercial setting of any kind, you would search the existing Training Facilities, Top Professionals in the trade, and online training options. If you are a professional in South Africa, with a professional Skill Set already, you would probably look at the Seta training options. In South Africa, there is no active effective regulatory body for body piercers and no Seta Training available.

When you start looking at the available offers on the market, you stand with confusion about the various ways they are offering to teach you, and in various configurations packaged. The options amongst players as training options for Body Piercers are extremely limited. There is no set norm or structure as a framework, that they need to adhere to. Then maybe you went the professional Piercer route and landed at a studio where they will take you in for an apprenticeship. They will offer no salary or comm or if they do, not even your cat can live on it in today’s times of inflated living. This they will expect you to do for a year at least before your commission structure would take effect. The quality of your apprenticeship is also completely up to the ethical standards of your employer/master-trainer.
It is a field like the old Wild West, with no law and no regulations to uphold ethical conduct.

I think I had merely touched on the iceberg of problems we are experiencing in the South African Body Piercing Industry. And I think I have disturbed you enough. I want to offer a solution and see if you think this could address some of the conundrums of the issues above.

PBPTC Established official training facilities for body piercers providing a structured and standardized curriculum with Google Classroom and an LMS. This covers not only the technical aspects of piercing but also hygiene, anatomy, jewelry materials, and medical perspectives on healing, thus aftercare and obviously modern-day instruments available.

Utilizing online platforms, such as Google Meet classrooms and subscription-based courses, can make education more accessible to aspiring body piercers from various locations. It allows for flexibility in learning while maintaining high-quality instruction and quantifiable skill-acquiring and progressive improvement of skill sets. With this Google Classroom, I will be implementing structured compliance programs to ensure skill level before a certificate is issued will result in improved job opportunities, credibility, and client trust. So, Easy to learn step-by-step guides, fully illustrated with a small number of procedure packs to practice with and a Google classroom to work through and achieve recognition for your newly acquired and mastered skill of body piercing, is what we are offering.

Please let us know how you feel about Body Piercing Training options available in SA how you would have preferred to acquire your new skill as a Piercer and what a certificate would mean to you. Do you want to know what is in the anatomy training? curious about the step-by-step illustrated guide? Or maybe you are excited about the Zoom calls and all the possibilities that hold?

You do not learn how to pierce in 2 or 4 days, you do not learn to pierce off a step-by-step guide. You learn the art and profession of body piercing by being taught medical principles and the correct application of those principles. You must have a sincere want to help people heal. Clients have no idea how their body works and is chasing the look of the Jones’ but their healing rates and physical habits differ from the Jones’ and you need to know where the differences sit to be able to assist professionally. You can only achieve a successful Piercing business with returning clients, and that you achieve by learning CORRECT principles and being able to test yourself and expand your knowledge and skill level through experience and a trainer as a guide to grab a hand when you need it.

Let us know by commenting on this blog how you think we should improve on the status quo of body piercing training in South Africa. Or else send Jax a direct WhatsApp message on 079 873 1937.

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Best Regards – Jax